Combined curtain and shade fixture.



No. 745,895. PATENTED DEC. 1, 1903.

I W. N. PAOKER. COMBINED CURTAIN AND SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLIU ATI ON FILED APR. 2. 1903.

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PATENTED DEC. 1, 1908.-

W. N. PAGKER. COMBINED CURTAIN AND SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1903.

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' UNITED STATES Patented December 1, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLARD N. PACKER, OF SHELBY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE SHELBY SPECIALTY COMPANY, OF SHELBY, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF ARI- ZONA TERRITORY.

COMBINED CURTAIN AND SHADE FIXTURE.

SEECIFXGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,895, dated December 1, 1903. Application filed April 2,1903. I Serial No. 150,781. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD N. PAOKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shelby, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Curtain and Shade Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain and shade fixtures for windows, and has special reference to a combined fixture of this character performing the dual function of a combined curtain and shade hanger.

To this end the invention contemplates a simple, practical, and ornamental form of combined curtain and shade fixture, the various parts of which are readilyseparable for purposes of assembling or taking apart and which may also be utilized for the hanging or support of a shade-roller and curtains independently or conjointly.

The invention also has in view a simple form of construction embodying adjustable hanging or supporting means for a shaderoller whereby the fixture may be adjusted to accommodate itself to any length or style of shade-roller.

A further object of the invention is to combine with the shade-hanging parts simple and practical means for detachably supporting in proper position a curtain rod or pole for the hanging of lace curtains or other draperies in front of the window. In this connection the invention contemplates means whereby the curtain-hanging parts may be entirely removed, if desired, without disturbing the shade-hanging elements, while at the same time providing a construction wherein the operative parts of both the shade and curtain hanging means are directly connected to form elements of the same structure.

Another object is to provide a combined curtain and shade fixture which may be conveniently supported as an entirety upon the window casing or frame by simply the employment of a single pair of screws or pins, with which the fixture is detachably associated, so that it may be also removed or replaced as an entirety without unscrewing or removing any part.

Astill further object of the invention is to provide a construction wherein the roller and shade are thoroughly shielded and protected from the settling of dust thereon, as is common to the ordinary types of shade-fixtures.

YVith these and many other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will hereinafterbe more f uily described, illustrated, and claimed.

The essentialfeatures of the invention providing for the carrying out of the objects above indicated are necessarily susceptible to structural modification without departing from the scope thereof; but a preferred embodiment of the improvements is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa perspective view of acombined curtain and shade fixture shown in its operative applied position upon a window'casing or frame. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the fixture removed from the window-casing and showing one of the detachable curtain-brackets removed from its keeper and disconnected from the end of the curtain rod or pole to expose more clearly the operative relation of these elements. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the fixture, showing the shade-roller in position. Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevation, partly in section, of one of the end portions of the fixture with the shade roller in position. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail cross-sectional views on the lines 5 5 and 6 6, respectively, of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a detail in perspective of one of the adjustable roller-brackets.

Like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In carrying out the present invention any suitable material may be utilized i-nthe construction of the fixture; but it is preferable to employ for this purpose sheet-metal stampings on account of the cheapness, lightness, and durability thereof, while at the same time permitting of a more convenient fitting of the parts for purposes of adjustment and detachability.

The combination fixture as illustrated in the drawings includes in its general organization a main supporting element which provides for the support of the various parts of the fixture, While at the same timeacting in the capacity of a dust shield or guard for the shade. This main supporting element usually andpreferably consists of a tubular shield designated in the drawings by the numeral 1 and essentially in the form of a semicylindrical case, having an open back portion 2 and provided at its upper and lower longitudinal edges with the rolled portions 3, constituting guiding and holding beads cooperating with certain parts of the fixture in the manner to be presently explained.

The open backportion 2 of the hollow or tubular supporting-shield 1 is designed to lie next to the Window-casing C, so that when the fixture is in position upon the casing the shaderoller is entirely concealed from view by being completely housed within the supporting shield or casing 1 provided therefor.

One of the features of the present invention is to provide simple and practical means for hanging the shield 1, with its attached parts, in such a manner upon the window-casing that the same can be readily removed and replaced. This is preferably accomplished through the medium of a pair of spaced hangentabs 4:, projected from the upper edge of the shield l and provided with the catchhooks 5, adapted to detachably engage over the suspension-screws or equivalent elements 6, fitted in the top of the window-casing.-

The catch-hooks of the hanger-tabs 4 have their entrance-openings 7 provided in the same side, and from the lower edges of the entrance-openings 7 of the hooks the tabs 4 have projected laterally therefrom beyond the plane of the hooks the short guiding-lips 8. The guiding-lips 8 of the opposite tabs 4 project from the same side of the latter in the same direction, so that in fitting the fixture to the window-casing it is simply necessary to aline the guiding-Iips S against the suspension-screws 6 and then move the fixture sidewise to bring the hooks 5 over and into engagement with the screws or elements 6. A release of the hooks 5 from the screws or elements 6 is accomplished by a reverse movement of the fixture, thereby providing a construction by means of which the fixture as an entirety can be readily mounted upon the easing and quite as readily removed therefrom.

The shade-roller R, carrying the shade S, may be of any style or length, but is preferably of the usual spring-actuated type and is provided at the opposite extremities thereof with the round and squared journals 9 and 10, respectively, which are adapted to be detachably mounted in the oppositely-located roller-brackets l1 and 12, which are adjustably carried by the supporting-shield l and so arranged as to provide for operatively sup porting the shade-roller R entirely within the shield, as may be plainly seen from Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawings. The adjustable rollerbrackets 11 and 12 are longitudinally shiftable with reference to the shield or shieldbody supporting the same and are duplicates in construction with the exception of thejournal-openings therein to fit the different shadejournals 9 and 10 of the shade-roller, the adjustable roller-bracket 11 being provided in shaped to provide an inwardly-projecting circular ear member 13, conforming to the curvature of the supporting-shield 1 and 1ying entirely therein to provide for holding the shade-roller inside of the shield, and in addition to the circular ear member 13 the sheet-metal blank of each roller-bracket is formed at one side of the vertical plane of its ear member 13 with a transversely-arranged brace bar 16, which extends transversely across the open back of the shield and serves to stiffen the bracket besides providing a carrying member for the oppositely-located ter minal holding-sleeves 17. These terminal holding-sleeves 17 are formed by the rolling of the blank at the terminals of the bar member 16 of the bracket, and the same slidably and frictionally embrace the longitudinal guiding-beads 3, provided at the upper and lower edges of the shield 1. By reason of the frictional engagement of the holdingsleeves 17 of the roller-brackets with the beads 3 of the shield the said roller-brackets will retain their adjusted positions when once adapted to a shade-roller of any particular length; but the frictional engagement is of such a nature as to permit of the rollerbrackets being readily slid along the shieldbody to such posit-ions as may be required to fit a shade-roller in place or to take the same out.

The adjustable roller-brackets 11 and 12 may be freely manipulated for adjustment at the open back of the shield or case 1.when separated from the window-casing and may be entirely removed and replaced from the shield by removing the detachable end caps 18, which constitute ornamental closures for the open ends of the shield or case body 1. The detachable end caps 18 are also preferably formed of sheet-metal blanks suitably stamped and shaped and essentially consisting of a folded body providing an inner closing-plate 19,- fitting directly against and over one end of the shield or case 1 and provided at its peripheral edge with an inturned engaging flange 20, taking over the end edge of the supporting-shield l and serving to hold the cap interlocked with the end of the shield.

By reason of the folded formation of the blank providing each of the detachable end caps 18 the latter includes in addition to the IIO inner closing-head an outer side guard member 21, which is preferably shaped to an ornamental form to providean ornamental head or cap for the fixture and may be provided with one or a plurality of in wardly-projecting guard-tongues 22, extending over and beyond the flanged edge 20 of the inner closing-plate 19 and taking over the outside end portion of the shield or case 1, thus assisting materially in guiding and holding the end cap in position.

The main holding means for each of the (le-.

tachable end caps consists in providing the same at the inner sides with horizontal laterally-projecting retainers in the form of pins or studs 23, adapted to he detachably inserted in the sockets formed by the open ends of the longitudinal guiding-beads 3 of the shield body or case 1. The said retaining-pins 23 preferably have a frictional or slight binding engagement in the sockets thus provided therefor in order to firmly hold the caps in place upon the ends of the shield.

The detachable end caps 18 in addition to the functions ascribed thereto constitute elements of the curtain supporting or hanging means, and to this end the blank of each end cap 18 is so folded as to provide between the inner and outer members 19 and 21 thereof a vertically-disposed open keeper-socket 24, having a flattened inner side 25 and adapted to detachably receive therein the vertical leg member 26 of adetachable curtain-bracket 27. The vertical leg member 26 of each curtainbracket 27 is preferably of a segmental form in cross-section to provide a flattened side adjoining the corresponding side 25 of the socket 2+ in order to prevent relative turning of the parts when fitted together, and in addition to the vertical leg member 26 each of said brackets 27 is formed at the upper end of said leg member with an inwardlycurved horizontal supporting arm or horn 28, provided in the terminal thereof with a rest-seat 29, open at the top and having projected from the base thereof an upstanding securing-stud 30, adapted to be detachably engaged by the retaining-opening 31, provided in the end of the curtain-rod 32, resting in the said seat 29. The opposite brackets 27 are duplicates in construction, and the ends of the curtain rod or pole 32 have similar engagement therewith. By reason of the open-top formation of the seats 29 it will be obvious that the curtain rod or .pole may be readily lifted out of said seats and replaced therein without disturbing the brackets 27, while at the same time the latter are perfectly free to be independently removed and replaced.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, use, and many advantages of the herein-described combination fixture will be readily apparent without further description, and it will also be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may he resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any'of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is clai med ,and desired to be seen red by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a fixture of the class described, the combination With fixed projections arranged in spaced relation, of the main supporting elements of the fixture provided at its top with spaced hanger-tabs of duplicate form, and each provided with open -sided catchhooks,and horizontally-extended guiding-lips projecting from and beyond the lower edge of the hook -opeuings, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a fixture of the class described, a hollow supporting shield, adjustable rollerbrackets carried by said shield and having ear members projecting therein to receive the journals of a shade-roller, end caps carried at the ends of the shield, and a curtain-hanger having elements detachably supported by said end caps.

3. In a fixture of the class described, a hollow shield adapted to house therein the shaderoller, adjustable rollerbrackets receiving the journals of the shade-roller and having sleeve members slidably and frictionally engaging With the shield-body, end caps carried by the ends of the shield, and a curtainhanger having elements detachably support ed by said end caps.

4. Inafixture of the class described, a semicylindrical shield open at the back and provided at its upper and lower edges With longitudinal guiding-beads, and oppositely-arranged adjustable roller-brackets receiving the ends of a shade-roller and supporting the latter within the shield,each of said rollerbrackets having an inwardlyprojecting ear member and oppositely-arranged sleeves slidably and frictionally engaging the beads of the shield.

5. Ina fixture of the class described, asemicylindrical open back shield adapted to house therein a shade-roller and provided at its longitudinal edges with guiding-beads, and the oppositely-located ad jnstable roller-brackets for the roller-journals, each of said brackets consisting of a blank formed with an inwardly projecting circular ear member, a transverse brace-bar member, and terminal holding-sleeves slidably and frictionally em bracing said heads.

6. In a fixture of the class described, a hollow shield adapted to house therein the shaderoller, roller-supporting brackets carried by the shield, end caps fitted to the ends of the shield, and the curtain-hanger comprising brackets having elements detachably engaging with the end caps, and a curtain-rod detachably interlocked with and supported by said brackets.

7. In a fixture of the class described, the combination of the shield for the shade-roller, said shield having beads providing open sockets at the ends, roller-supporting brackets carried by the shield, and detachable end caps having retaining-pins engaging in the open sockets at the ends of the shield, and a curtain-hanger having bracket members detachably engaged with the said end caps.

8. In a fixture of the class described, the shield for the shade-roller, roller-supporting brackets carried by the shield, end caps having a detachable engagement with the ends of the shield and provided therein with vertically-disposed keeper-sockets,and a curtainhanger comprising brackets having leg members detachably engaged in the sockets of the end caps and a rod member having an interlocking engagement at its ends with the bracket members.

9. In a fixture of the class described, the shield for the shade-roller, roller-supporting brackets carried by the shield, end caps for the shield comprising folded blanks having flanged portions engaging the end edges of the shield, and providing therein verticallyat their terminals with open rest-seats having upstanding securing-studs, and the curtainrod having its ends fitted in said seats and detachably engaged With said studs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLARD N. PAOKER. WVitnesses:

HENRY WENTZ, S. O. FIsH. 

